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I am a Photoartist. I photograph the image I like, print it on canvas then enhance the Art object. Rephotograph or scan and then print the Art I wish to sell. I only sell Photo Art Giclee Prints. I use a 9600 Epson Printer to produce my Giclees and prints. I also use Zazzle.com

Hello JGibney, glad to meet you.
I think I follow your steps. I have a question. After you have photographed the object and printed it on canvas, you say that you enhance the Art Object. Is the Art Object the " thing you originally took a photo of" (and how do you enhance it)? Or is the Art Object "the print on the canvas" (and how do you enhance it). It sounds very intriguing and I also hope you share some of your work with us.

Do you have a website?
LORELL
I do not photoart.

__________________LUV2SHOOT"What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do during our leisure hours determines what we are. " - George Eastman"You don't have to understand art, you have to feel it"Nikon D5100, Nikkor 50mm 1.8, Tamron 16-300mm lens, Tamron 90mm Macro lens

maybe you just want to touch up some areas or paint something new onto the canvas or block out some areas - it's an opportunity to use something old and add something new - it's like Chet Atkins laying down new tracks combining with an old track of music to create a new sound - contrafact is a musical composition consisting of a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. example John Henry "Johnny" Smith (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an Americancool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote the tune "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954 - Chet Atkins recorded a popular rendition of the song

many artist paint the same scene over and over again - same thing but different

Please post some of your work here so we can see what you mean. If you have "before and after" photos it might clear it up.
(sorry...I rarely go to links on the web anymore, too risky)

"...touch up some areas or paint something new onto the canvas or block out some areas..." this sounds like the kind of phot-retouching I learned years ago in a college course, and is now often done in PhotoShop-type programs on the computer all the time.
If you are referring to painting over a print on canvas then it is referred to as mixed media.
be aware thet not all surfaces are compatible with all mediums and can cause lifting and may not be archival. The technical departments of paint manufacturers can advise on the specifics.

The difference in surface finish may turn off some buyers, and not all canvas prints can be varnished (or so I read somewhere)

Because i am a Photoartist - but i am also a photographer, cinematographer, videographer, artist, graphic artist, printmaker (9600 Epson), poet, playwright, and i am working on a novel about the 1st Emperor of China - Qin Shi Huangdi

yes, oils and acrylics to include pen, pencil, markers, charcoal, watercolor and any media that will achieve the results i am looking to achieve - i use a fix spray to lock down some of the media - sometimes the image is produced on paper, photo paper, canvas or silk - but the final image is always produced on canvas where it still maybe enhanced - if you will look at image 3 -
Breckenridge Colorado jGibney 2a2jpg800.jpg you will see that the grass and foreground was add by using color pencil and acrylics - as to cracking - i've not seen it happen on the originals - but i do not sell originals only giclee prints - so there is no worry about cracking - oh, by the way an (9600 Epson) !!?? is a printer that prints 40 inch by 100 inch giclees